Finds: Snap-on’s VW/Audi Polydrive Head Bolt Socket

For those of you who own VWs and Audis and work on them regularly — you know who you are — Snap-on’s made life a little easier with a custom socket specifically designed to ease the removal and installation of Polydrive head bolts

No offense intended, but after working on my 944S2, I’ve sworn that I’ll never buy a German car again. Lease one, maybe. But not buy. However, I know from email that more than a few of you are fans of the yellow, black, and red and are willing to do what it takes to keep ‘em running — even if that means removing the front of the car and moving the radiator into the “service position” to replace an alternator.

I believe that the Vanagon were also air cooled until maybe 2000. It had a different name at that point anyway. A bud of mine swears by VWs. For me, I would rather have to contend with my Ford’s heater coil. Thank you very much.

Oh God, don’t bring back the nightmares, please!! 4 head gaskets, oil pan gasket (10 HOUR job), 1 car fire… the list goes on for my 944. It only ran 6mos out of the year. I sold it in a hurry after the 4th head gasket I did. Not fun.